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Re: Sorensen Tone

I really like what young players like Nate are doing with the evolution of the Steffey style of sliding into and out of notes. Nate was a student with Cory Piatt . . . who also really can pull tone. Cool to see how Nate steps into Cory's spot with Mountain Faith.

Some more - with Justin Anderson on guitar. It gets dang serious at about 2:45 --

Re: Sorensen Tone

Exactly 8 years ago, I took my second mandolin build to my new mandolin teacher, Randy Torno, to see if he thought it was "Playable". To be honest, at that time, I had no idea. I never was able to pry Ol' Pacifica #2 out of his hands from then on! Of course, since then, Randy has be come a great family friend and true mentor.

What an amazing ride to now have so many incredible players helping me figure out how to build "Playable" mandolins ! ! !

I was blown away to see tunes with Sorensen mandolins in the top two slots on the "Grassicana" Americana-Bluegrass airplay chart this past week, and am tickled beyond words that with Randy's persistent guidance we now have so many amazing Artists helping me understand how to build "Playable" instruments ! ! !

Re: Sorensen Tone

Thank you, Eric! I love building them and love hearing them out in the real world even more!

Here is a quick video that I threw together for The Grascals instrumental written by Danny Roberts called Lynchburg Chicken Run. I think the Danny's picking on this song really highlights the tone and balance of his Sorensen VX --